Special Remarks:

U.S. side only - Passengers do not need a Canada visa/passport to join this tour.

Tour is 100% guaranteed; if cancelled 120% of the price will be refunded.

Pricing Details

Single:

$345

Double (/Person):

$230

Third Person

Adult:

$170

Child (Age 0-12):

$170

Fourth Person

Adult:

$170

Child (Age 0-12):

$170

Note: *Price in USD is based on the lowest price per person per room over the next 30 days. Exact prices are displayed when you select a date.

Child rates: Child rates apply to those who are 0-12 yrs old. Child above 2 yrs must take the seat. Customers are welcome to use child safety seats on that have lap and/or shoulder belts/harnesses for the infant under 2 yrs.

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Tour Itinerary

Day 1 New York - Corning - Niagara Falls(395 miles)

In the morning, we will head north to the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY to learn about the history of glassmaking. We will then continue on to Niagara Falls, NY where we will take the famous Maid of the Mist boat ride (or Jet Boat). Guests can then choose either to stay in the park for self-exploration or have an in-depth tour that includes visits to the Whirlpool State Park and Old Fort Niagara.

Corning, NYCorning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 11,183 at the 2010 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.

Corning Museum of GlassThis museum in western New York is dedicated to the history, art, and science behind glassmaking. Its collection contains more than 45,000 objects, some of which date back millennia. It was founded in 1951 and sees 400,000 visitors annually.

Niagara Falls, NYAmong the most beautiful natural wonders in the world, Niagara Falls are comprised of three waterfalls that thunder and astound, producing a higher flow rate than any other waterfall in the world and standing at a height of 167 feet.

Maid of the Mist (Optional if weather permits)This famous boat ride gets passengers up close and personal with the Niagara Falls! The Maid rides right into the mists thrown up by the roaring cascade as the Niagara River tumbles over the edge of the falls.

Jet Boat RideThese exciting boat rides take passengers on a thrilling trip down the Niagara River! This 45-minute round-trip ride zooms through the Niagara Gorge, and even takes passengers to the famous Whirlpool rapids, all of a custom-built jet boat.

Niagara Falls Adventure MovieThis movie, which guests will view on an impressive 45-foot-wide screen, tells the history of human interaction with the falls, focusing largely on the "daredevils" who have crossed, boated, and even jumped off them.

Niagara Falls In-Depth TourThis interesting and exciting fuller tour of the greater Niagara area takes guests to sights they otherwise may not see, such as the impressive water formation at Whirlpool State Park or the historic Old Fort Niagara.

Day 2 Niagara Falls - Boston(407 miles)

Driving along the Erie Canal in upstate New York, we will continue our journey to Boston, MA. Here, we will tour the campuses of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After that, we will pass Trinity Church, the Hancock Building, Boston Common, the Public Garden, the Boston Athenaeum, while overlooking the golden dome of the Massachusetts State House. In the evening, we will enjoy a delicious Lobster Dinner.

Boston, MABoston is a city as beautiful as it is historically significant. Visitors can walk the Freedom Trail and see where the seeds of the American Revolution were sown or visit the North End and look out over the harbor.

Harvard UniversityOne of the most famous institutions of higher learning in the world, Harvard University in Cambridge, MA has been standing since 1636, making it the oldest university in the United States. Tourists come for both history and the architecture.

MITThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a research university known the world over for its highly selective and intense academics, and MIT alumni include 24 Nobel Prize winners and 22 Rhodes Scholars.

Trinity ChurchTrinity Church is located in Boston's upscale Back Bay neighborhood. It is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, and the elaborate and ornate building has become a landmark and icon in downtown Boston.

John Hancock TowerThe John Hancock Tower is an iconic skyscraper in Boston, MA. Constructed in 1968, this beautiful blue building is staple of the Boston skyline. It is the tallest building both in Boston and all of New England.

Boston CommonBoston's famous park has been serving citizens of the city for over 200 years. The 50 acres of rolling lawns and clear ponds have seen the likes of everyone from Martin Luther King to Paul Revere.

Public GardenAdjacent to the Boston Common, this was the first public botanical gardens in the U.S. Established in 1837, the garden is known for the swan boats that visitors can take onto the ponds.

Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 9:00am - 7:00pm

Boston AthenaeumAs one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States - founded in 1807 - the Boston Athenaeum contains a rare book collection of over 100,000 volumes and a comparable collection of art.

Boston Lobster Dinner(The lobster dinner is on a Chinese restaurant style) New England is known for its lobster. Having a lobster dinner in Boston is certainly on many a visitor's to-do list.

Massachusetts State HousePerched grandly atop Beacon Hill, the Massachusetts State House has been the location of Massachusetts government since 1798. This iconic domed building houses the governor's offices and the state legislature. Tours must be scheduled in advance.

Day 3 Boston - New York(214 miles)

Before leaving Boston, we will take the Harbor Cruise and have lunch at Quincy Market. After spending the morning in there, we will return to the pickup points in New York for dropoff. Please see "Departure and Return" for more information.

Boston, MABoston is a city as beautiful as it is historically significant. Visitors can walk the Freedom Trail and see where the seeds of the American Revolution were sown or visit the North End and look out over the harbor.

Boston Harbor CruiseSee the famous Boston skyline like never before with a cruise of Boston Harbor. From the peak of the Prudential tower to the quaint North End, this beautiful and historic city is best viewed from the bay!

Quincy MarketQuincy Market in the Faneuil Hall marketplace of downtown Boston is a historic building that still serves as a souvenir marketplace and food court today. The area has expanded to include two other marketplace buildings as well.

$15 (3-12 yrs, including $13 of the Old Fort Niagara admission ticket)

$22 (Over 65 yrs, including $13 of the Old Fort Niagara admission ticket)

Prices are subject to change without prior notice.

If you would like to join the optional activities, please pay the fee in cash to the tour guide. You cannot buy / use the tickets on your own or use City Passes. The tour guide will arrange the tickets for the group.

Meals and drinks unspecified during the trip.

A mandatory service fees: Minimum $10 / day / person should be paid in cash to tour guide and the bus driver as a service fee. Any child / Infant reserving a seat will have to pay the service fees as well. Ex: 2 people taking a 2-day tour would pay: $10 x 2 (seats) x 2 (days) = $40.

Parking Information

Additional Notes

Hotel & Tour Guide Information: This information will be provided
by the tour guide the night before departure between 7:00pm - 9:00pm EST via
phone call or text message. If for any reason you do not receive the
call or text, you should be at the pickup location at least 20 minutes prior
to the scheduled departure time.

Tour route may be changed and reversed; you may contact the vendor 1-2 days prior departure to confirm final itinerary

Customers are held solely responsible for their own travel documents and/or visas if required.

Bus Arrangement: Usually only passengers in the same order will be arranged in the same bus. If you book the tour separately with your friends and you want to sit in the same bus, you need to inform us before departure . Or you may be arranged in different buses.

Language: All tours are escorted by professional bi- or multi-lingual tour and/or driver guides (English/Chinese). Depending on the number of passengers booked for a particular departure, tours and/or languages may be combined to operate the tours.

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Confirmation

Your ticket(s) will be confirmed at the time of booking. Please allow up to 8 hours to receive the confirmation. Your booking will be processed as soon as possible.

Redemption

Complete operator information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, is included on your e-ticket. You must print the e-tickets and take them along on your trip; they are your proof of purchase.

Terms & Condition

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The purchase of any travel services represents your acceptance Terms & Conditions set out herein. Please ensure that you read carefully and understand these Terms & Conditions prior to booking.

Booking changes
A fee may be charged for any revision or alteration made to a reservation after the booking is confirmed. Name changes or corrections may be treated as a cancellation and cancellation fees will apply. A change of tour date or tour itinerary may be treated as a cancellation, and normal cancellation fees will apply. Please be noted that we do not allow departure change 48 hours before departure.

Cancellations and Cancellation Fees
Regardless of reason, cancellations result in costly charges from our travel and hotel providers covering penalties and fees incurred by canceling confirmed and pending bookings. Therefore, cancellation penalties and or fees will apply. Time of cancellation will be determined when notice is received and confirmed by our office. Notice of cancellation must be made directly to TakeTours by email or through web mail at Contact Us .

Tour Departure: This tour has 100% guaranteed departure; if the tour is cancelled there will be refund of 120%. Restrictions apply; due to weather conditions, State Emergencies, Airport Closures or anything beyond the control of the tour operator the 120% refund will NOT apply.

Cancellation penalties per person for 1-4 days tours

(Notification day and departure day are not counted)

15-30 days or more prior to departure - 10% of total purchase amount.

7-14 days prior to departure - 25% of total purchase amount.

4-6 days prior to departure - 50% of total purchase amount.

Within 3 days prior to departure - 100% of total purchase amount.

Day of departure or no show - 100% per person.

Unused features are non-refundable. No shows forfeit entire payment.

Trips require a minimum number of participants to avoid cancellation. We reserve the right to cancel a schedule trip to fully refund affected customers although tour companies will make every efforts to maintain the normal operation.

There is 6% handling fee add-on to the above penalties.

NOTE: We cannot grant any refunds more than 30 days after completion of tour.

Itinerary Variations
We constantly strives to improve tour itineraries and features. If such improvements can be made, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control make changes necessary - we reserve the right to vary itineraries and to substitute hotels. At certain peak periods duplicate departures may operate, and sometimes in reverse order in which case hotels may vary from those stated on the itinerary pages.

Tour Cancellation:
We reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure in accordance with operating requirements or circumstances beyond its control. If cancellation is made any time prior to departure* of the tour, TakeTours' only liability will be to refund to the passenger the amount it has received for the tour booking. We will try to re-book the same or similar tour.. Please note that we are not liable for any cancellation penalties incurred on any other travel arrangements including air tickets purchased separately from customers.

We are not responsible for any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations.

Customer reviews(10)

I recommend this tour!

Posted by: Helen on 2015-11-08

Tour was fairly enjoyable, and we saw most of the advertised attractions. The two hotels, Sheraton in Niagara Falls, and Hilton Woburn in Boston were a good standard. However, there were some downsides: when we arrived at the pickup at The Bowery, it was raining, and we were asked to drag our luggage two city blocks to the coach. The guide gave us some confusing information about the itinerary. Watkins Glen National Park was advertised but we did not see it.

I recommend this tour!

Posted by: Tasneem on 2015-09-04

Overall the trip was amazing and it's a perfect way to cover a lot of places in a short span of time. the tour guides were friendly and helpful.
There were only 2 drawbacks in the entire trip....one being there were no plug points in the bus that made it very difficult to use the phone and the second is that we had to change the buses too often in a 3 day trip and caused a bit of inconvenience as we had to pick up our luggage and shift again and again.
But apart from that, the trip was enjoyable and a success.

I recommend this tour!

Posted by: Judith on 2015-08-19

Everything was excellent and terrific except for the bus. The bus did not acquire plug ins which was unfortunate because I had to be aware of my battery percentage every time I took a series of pictures. Except for that everything was magnificent.

I recommend this tour!

Posted by: Andi on 2015-08-02

This is definitely a good way to see a lot of things in a short period of time. Our first tour bus was owned by a limo company and was very spacious and clean. There were even outlets on some of the walls to plug electronics into. Since a large majority of the group was Chinese, our tour guide (Avri) would give her instructions in both English and Chinese before we reached our destinations. She also called me once I reached the bus pickup location to make sure I found the right bus.
The second leg of our trip was a little less fun than the first. After our first day we changed buses and tour guides. Our second bus was much smaller and more cramped than the first bus. There was much less leg room for my 6'1" companion and I felt very bad for her having to sit so cramped for the 8 hour drive to Boston. Also, about 2 hours into the drive, someone used the on-bus bathroom and had an incredibly foul smelling bathroom visit which caused the whole bus to reek terribly. Understandably sometimes these things cannot be helped, however we were stopping every 2-3 hours at rest stops and it would have been better if the person had alerted the tour guide to their needs. The tour guide tried to cover the smell with a stack of car-fresheners, but it really didn't help much. This was probably the worst part of the trip overall since we spent the majority of our time on this bus.
Our second tour guide (Zoe) was very friendly as well, however there were a few times when she would only wait for half the bus to empty before walking off. One time we lost our group entirely and were wandering aimlessly around Harvard until we saw someone we recognized. The second time we literally had to run to catch the group so we could find out where we were eating our lobster dinner. It would have been less stressful if she had waited for everyone to gather before walking off.
My one wish for this trip would have been more time to actually enjoy the places we were visiting. I felt like we were being rushed along from place to place and I was constantly checking my watch to make sure we weren't going to miss the bus. There were also a large number of other tours at the locations so there were lines for everything, which cut into our "free time" quite a bit.
While I definitely enjoyed myself, I don't think this type of tour is something I'll do again in the future. I felt like I only got to "see" the sights and had very little time to actually enjoy them. I'd recommend this for anyone that wants to do and see a lot in a short period of time, but not for those that want to really immerse themselves in a location. There just isn't enough time for that.

I recommend this tour!

Posted by: marilyn on 2014-08-01

The trip started with a snag, the bus had motor problem, another bus was sent and it was more clean and comfortable. Our tour guide, Vivian, was very accommodating and she was determined to make everyone feel as comfortable as possible. The itinerary had 2 long distance rides from New York to Niagara Falls and from Niagara Falls to Boston. I think there should be some sites in between to break up the long ride. Other than that, everything was wonderful and I had a wonderful time!

I recommend this tour!

Posted by: Adele on 2013-05-01

I joined this tour during 23-25 April 2013. As Niagara Falls is a very long 7 hours car journey from NYC, I thought easier to join a tour instead. And the tour exceeded my expectations, considering the accommodation and itinerary executed as scheduled. Special mention to tour guide Jing Lin who was professional, humorous and helpful to all onboard the tour, making a long 7 hours journey actually enjoyable.

Posted by: Andi on 2012-09-06

Nice trip, very responsible tour guide. Corning museum was interesting, enough free time at Niagara Falls, and Maid of Mist was fun. Not much to see at Harvard and MIT though, just took some pictures.

Posted by: Margarita on 2011-10-07

Really great trip. Was going to go there by myself but at the last minute choose this tour and don't regret about that. Guide was really great. Niagara Falls and Maid of the mist-don't miss that - impress really much. Hotels were pretty good. Be ready for two almost 8 hours rides. In general this trip worth payed money. You wouldn't see so much if take greyhound and try to reach everything by yourself.

Posted by: dersia on 2011-04-07

The tour was great my 7 year old wanted to make his own glass but time was not permitting. The tour guide was kind enough to get us at the hotel on time for him to swim he had a great time.

Posted by: Louis on 2010-08-31

would like to have spent more time in Boston possible walking tour of city also dinner at local boston restaurant otherwise great trip and great tour guide